Laura Putnam

Staff Attorney

Laura joined the Immigration Unit at Central West Justice Center in January 2021. Prior to joining CWJC, she worked as a legal fellow in the Immigration Impact Unit at the Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Massachusetts public defender agency, where she represented people who were detained in immigration custody in their deportation proceedings. During law school, Laura spent two years representing noncitizens before the Boston Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services as a student attorney in the Boston University School of Law Immigrants Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic. She did internships in immigration practice at the Bronx Defenders and criminal practice at the Colorado Public Defenders. Prior to law school, Laura worked as a case manager helping families experiencing homelessness with children in Denver, CO. As an undergraduate student, Laura wrote a thesis about the history of knitting in Western Massachusetts. Laura speaks Spanish and is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts.